Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Patent
1992-10-13
1994-06-28
Yasko, John D.
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
606167, A61B 1732
Patent
active
053243021
ABSTRACT:
A blood lancet is disclosed having a lancet needle with a sharpened lancet tip. The lancet tip is covered before use. The lancet tip end of the lancet needle extends through a slidable proximal needle piece while the opposite end of the lancet needle is immovably embedded in a distal needle piece. The distal needle piece is connected to the proximal needle piece through a pair of opposed normally bowed flexible arms. After pricking the user's skin with the lancet tip, the bowed flexible arms are pinched towards each other which pushes the proximal needle piece into a position over and enclosing the lancet tip. The flexible arms each have an arrow shaped protrusion or catch that engages a correspondingly shaped receptacle on the distal needle piece to lock the proximal needle piece in position over the lancet tip. In one embodiment, a removable cap covers the lancet tip. In another embodiment, the proximal needle piece is formed around the lancet tip. In this embodiment, the lancet is pinched along the length of the lancet needle thereby pushing the lancet tip through the proximal needle piece into the user's finger.
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Gring N. Kent
Kinghorn Curtis D.
Sherwood Medical Company
Smith Montgomery W.
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